C lerks form
STUDY CAUCUS
FIND MEMBERS,
WIN T-SHIRTS
If you are in a clerical-related
position and think you have been
forgotten, "you are wrong.
OPEU’s Clerical Study Committee is
in the midst of building a statewide
network among clerical-related
employes that will give this group of
workers much more organizational
clout.
The committee is looking for
contacts in every workplace in the
state. Contacts will be asked to help
identify the number and location of
clerical-related positions in their work
unit, to hand out literature, to
• organize workshops and to look at
clerical-related problems.
One of the first tasks of the new
network will be to conduct a study on
salary structure and comparable
worth.
, If you are interested in being a
network contact person, call Karen
Noonan at 378-3361 (Salem) during
work days, or 792-3476 after 7 p.m.
or contact Eleanor Meyres at OPEU
headquarters at 1-800-452-2146.
Sign up some new members and
receive a limited edition OSEA
T-shirt. Sound like a good deal?
If not, think about this — by
participating in this OPEU
membership drive you benefit in two
ways:
First, getting more members into
your union strengthens our position in
many areas that are of direct benefit
to you.
Second, this T-shirt with OPEU’s
old name — will become a collectors
item among union members and
T-shirt collectors.
Sound like a good deal now?
CONSUMER
CONCERN
Some OPEU members are
expressing considerable concern that a
little noticed portion of Governor
Atiyeh’s budget will mean a serious
cutback in consumer protection for
Oregonians.
Under the Atiyeh plan, the
Consumer Services Division of the
Commerce Department would be
moved to the Justice Department,
where it would become a section of
the Attorney General’s office.
Gov. Atiyeh terms it an orderly
reorganization of government
functions. But according to some
OPEU members this discrete move
will seriously change the function of
the Consumer Services Division.
Presently, Consumer Services acts 5
as a mediator between businesses and
consumers with complaints, and
provides information to consumers on
how to make sound decisions in
purchasing goods and services.
Within Justice. Consumer Services’
roll would change to one that is
primarily enforcement. OPEU
members we spoke with are
concerned that before long.
Consumer Services would be little
more than a name.
Here is all you have to do.
Beginning March 1, send in xerox
copies of five new membership
applications (three if you live in
Districts 4, 5 or 6). Each time you do,
we will send you a T-shirt like the one
pictured above.
Be, sure to include your size (small,
medium, large or X-large.
EMPLOYES GAIN BENEFITS
Seasonal state employes who previously may have lost insurance benefits for
their first month or more on the job, are now eligible for insurance coverage as early
as their first day of work.
Prior to Feb. 1, seasonal employes who were paid from the Employment
Division payroll center, had to work 80 hours in one pay period before eligibility for
insurance could be established. Since Employment’s pay period is froth the 20th of
one month to the 19th of the next month, many employes were losing up to 40
days of insurance coverage.
Michele Tiano-Moore is a state employe who lost out under the old rule.
Employed as a seasonal worker beginning on August 18, 1980, she completed 80
hours of work and submitted her medical insurance application to the payroll
department before the end of August. However, she did not receive insurance
coverage until Oct. 1, 1980, because Employment’s payroll period did not end until
Sept. 19.
Chuck Mendenhall, BUBB chairman and OPEU Government Relations Director
wrote the Employment Division challenging the rule. He asked that the rule be
changed and that adjustments be made in Tiano-Moore’s coverage date.
Employment concurred with Mendenhall and changed its eight-year-old rule and
revised the effective date of Tiano-Moore’s insurance coverage.
Now, seasonal employes who begin work on the first day of a month will have
insurance coverage begin on that date. Seasonal employes who begin work on any
other day of the month will have coverage begin on the first day of the following
month.
“Call Back” Penalty Pay Granted
Employe called at home to solve work problem is granted “call back“ penalty
pay.
E m p lo y e: Robert Putnam, AFS
B u s in e s s a g e n t: Fred Hasle
O th e r OPEU sta ff: Bromleigh Lamb
C o n tra ct is s u e : Central Contract, Article 55
Prior Driving Record Not Allowed
Off-work driving record and driving record prior to employment cannot be
considered in disciplinary action stemming from on-job driving record.
E m p lo y e: Debbie Donaldson, General Services
B u s in e s s a g e n t: Jean Moyer
O th e r OPEU sta ff: Alice Dale
C o n tra ct is s u e : Central Contract, Article 13
Reprimand Removed From Files
Written reprimand rescinded and removed from all personnel files.
E m p lo y e: Daniel H . Jones
S h o p ste w a rd : Earl Karr
B u s in e s s a g e n t & s t a ff a tto rn ey : Maria Keltner
C o n tra ct is s u e : Central Contract, Articles 13 & 30
Uniform Cleaning Allowance Paid
CONGRESSPAYS
WOMEN LESS
Discrimination apparently knows no
bounds. A recent report by the
Capitol Hill Women’s Political Caucus
shows that female employes of
members of Congress are paid
substantially less than their male
counterparts.
The group also said significantly
fewer women than men are in higher
paying, policy-making jobs on
congressional staffs.
Jennifer Dorn, leader of the caucus,
said in the report “that despite the fact
that Congress has passed numerous
civil rights laws-which apply to the
private sector, such protections do not
exist for congressional employes.”
Uniform cleaning allowance to be paid to dispatchers.
G rou p : Dispatchers, Lincoln City Police Department
S h o p ste w a r d : Norm Hendrickson
B u s in e s s a g e n t: June Wissmath
s
O th e r OPEU sta ff: Alice Dale, Maria Keltner
DUBIN NAMED
BUS. AGENT
Faith Dubin is OPEU’s newest
business agent. She will be responsible
for all state employes in Linn and
Benton counties.
Previously, Dubin worked in Rep.
Jim Weaver’s Washington, D.C. office
as a legislative assistant on human
service legislation and labor issues.
TRADES COMMITTEE HAS NEW OPENINGS
OPEU’s Trades and Maintenance
Committee has been expanded and is
seeking three "additional members.
The committee, who’s purpose is to
check, investigate and research job
classifications within the state’s 4000
series and compare them to similar
positions in the private sector, is
looking for members with jobs in
4000-4999 classifications.
Interested individuals should contact
Ken Stueve at home at 929-3656,
Rt. 1. Box 29K, Philomath, OR
97370 or contact their district director.
New members must receive
approval from present committee
members and then be confirmed by
Board of Directors.
Current committee members are
Stueve, George Hess and Charles
Halbrook from OSU; Jo Cheney from
U of O and Jerry Dominy from
Oregon State Fair.
OPEU: STRONG,
VITAL, GROWING
Dear Mr. Gallagher:
As unions go, Oregon Public
Employes Union is relatively new.
Formed by the merger of the Oregon
State Employes Association with the
Service Employees International
Unión and the broadening of its
membership to decisively meet the
needs of employes of other public
subdivisions, the union waited for the
name it has today. Though new,
OPEU’s roots are deep and strong.
Unions are often perceived and
described in impersonal terms. But
unions are really no more than groups
of perople organized to get jobs done
— in óur case, providing services
essential to our Oregon and American
way of life.
OPEU’s story is, in fact, the
collective story of thousands and
thousands of people who have built
the union over the past four decades,
then together they provide a glimpse
of OPEU’s family tree: strong roots, a
vital present and a growing future.
Art Krichevsry
Childrens Services Division
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